The nomination carries a $1,000 donation by American Honda Motor
Co. to the University's women's athletic fund. Honda will also
donate $5,000 to the school of the Division III Collegiate Woman of
the Year recipient. The award winner will be announced at a press
conference held on June 29 at the Low Library on the campus of
Columbia University in New York, N.Y.

Hagerman is a four-year letterwinner and team captain of the
W&L women's tennis team which finished as the runner-up at the
NCAA Division III Championships. She won the NCAA Division III
Singles Championship and was named the ITA National Senior Player
of the Year. The runner-up for the NCAA Walter Byers Scholarship
and a recipient of the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, she finished
her career as the W&L all-time leader in singles (117-17) and
doubles (108-18) victories. She has earned All-America honors seven
times during her career and is a two-time ODAC Player of the Year
and ODAC Women's Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Most recently,
Hagerman received the ODAC's Majorie Berkley Award as the
conference's top female scholar-athlete.

Thus far, 10 of the 12 nominees have been determined and they
include: Sarah Bulka of SUNY-Brockport (gymnastics), Missy Buttry
of Wartburg (cross country), Danae Chambers of Messiah (field
hockey), Carli Dale of Juniata (volleyball), Lauren Dougher of The
College of New Jersey (lacrosse), Jessica Elsen of Wheaton (Ill.)
(soccer), Marie Marsman of Carleton (swimming), Amanda Nechuta of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point (basketball), Charlotte Williams of
Methodist (golf) and Hagerman (tennis).

The Honda Award has been presented every year since 1987 to the
top athlete in Divisions II and III. Last year's Division III
recipient was Emory University tennis player Mary Ellen Gordon.